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Abraham is in the portal

Fishy said:
Is it now time to crap on the player or wonder why we recruited someone who either could not play or we recruited someone who could play but we didn’t play him?
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Isn’t it fair to think he wasn’t better than the guys ahead of him as a frosh but could have earned time next year?
 
3rdbass said:
Don't we have 15 scholarships available starting in 2025-26?
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Was about to post this...pretty sure 15 is the number for next season. Not that anyone really needs 15 scholarship players but it's an option.
 
3rdbass said:
Don't we have 15 scholarships avaiable starting in 2025-26?
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While this might be true, I can’t imagine us filling out 15. I mean who is going to sign on to be the 12-15 (really 10-15) guys knowing you’re not going to play?
 
boog204 said:
While this might be true, I can’t imagine us filling out 15. I mean who is going to sign on to be the 12-15 (really 10-15) guys knowing you’re not going to play?
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They can fill them. The only players that I would think would be of potential note would be developmental centers (for emergency depth, but also future use) and perhaps a Roumoglou that can develop a defensive game.
 
Bummed we didn't get to see him get some minutes here. Happy for him and wish him the best.
 
ec33 said:
They can fill them. The only players that I would think would be of potential note would developmental centers (for emergency depth, but also future use) and perhaps a Roumoglou that can develop a defensive game.
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But who would want to? With NIL and playing time and everything else, why would anyone want to come here to not play and probably not get much in NIL? I know some are going to say "development" or "UConn" or whatever, but the landscape has changed. Kids want to play and get paid. Not be cheerleaders and practice players.
 
boog204 said:
But who would want to? With NIL and playing time and everything else, why would anyone want to come here to not play and probably not get much in NIL? I know some are going to say "development" or "UConn" or whatever, but the landscape has changed. Kids want to play and get paid. Not be cheerleaders and practice players.
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Well
Said!!
 
Fishy said:
Is it now time to crap on the player or wonder why we recruited someone who either could not play or we recruited someone who could play but we didn’t play him?
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No
 
MilliniumPrince said:
Higher level than that
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Makes you wonder how much higher level D1 teams are willing to pay for him considering he is completely unproven at the collegiate level.
 
Ryan Boatright had it right about these crazy transfer rules today.
There is a downside of going from place to place for a young player as it could impact their ovrtall development vs someone who stays ,unless you were obviously a bad fit ,you go into your second year understanding the system so the only thing your working on is personal improvement . When you transfer its like starting over.
its a bit diffrent for more mature players .
Im not sure on why this kid didnt play especially with Liam missing 6 weeks .
That class had so much promise but recruiting and development of players seems to be a obsolete model.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Ryan Boatright had it right about these crazy transfer rules today.
There is a downside of going from place to place for a young player as it could impact their ovrtall development vs someone who stays ,unless you were obviously a bad fit ,you go into your second year understanding the system so the only thing your working on is personal improvement . When you transfer its like starting over.
its a bit diffrent for more mature players .
Im not sure on why this kid didnt play especially with Liam missing 6 weeks .
That class had so much promise but recruiting and development of players seems to be a obsolete model.
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Most players switching schools every year are chasing $$$$ and not worried about development for a pro career.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
This felt like an obvious one. Being a developmental type guy in the era of the portal, where you can just go to a lesser program and get immediate PT (and then potentially portal back up a level) feels like a hard sell. Fun athlete to watch though, will be excited to see what he can do at his next stop.
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There are developmental guys like Abraham who have some skill already and are just behind other (older/better) players and there are developmental guys who really need the coaching but have the body. The first type should go to a program they can play at. The second should go/stay with the place they can actually get the best coaching daily for a few years.
 
I would think less than 25% of players in the portal are actually chasing money. Unless you’re performing well at the mid-major level you’re going after playing time.

I can’t think anyone is shelling cash out for an Abraham/Diggins/Gaffney type guy.
 
I'm not sure if it is fair to lump Abraham with Diggins & Gaffney. Diggins looked slow and hesitant in his few minutes in a UConn uniform on the floor. Gaffney had moments, but didn't score consistently and wasn't a great defender. The few minutes (yes, mostly in garbage time) Abraham impressed. He played tough defense. He hit a few 3's. Still think he's going to be a quality player in a few years.
 
CTBasketball said:
I would think less than 25% of players in the portal are actually chasing money. Unless you’re performing well at the mid-major level you’re going after playing time.

I can’t think anyone is shelling cash out for an Abraham/Diggins/Gaffney type guy.
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I get transferring out for playing time, but at some point these kids need to understand that only 5 people can be on the floor at any given time. I would assume guys would know what and who they are up against, especially if they came here as freshman. It just seems strange to me that you’ll commit to UConn as a freshman and think you’ll automatically see all this time even though you have upperclassmen and transfers ahead of you. Why not start at a mid major or something can’t more playing time and then transfer for in v. going the other route of basically wasting a year.
 
BPT2Storrs said:
I get transferring out for playing time, but at some point these kids need to understand that only 5 people can be on the floor at any given time. I would assume guys would know what and who they are up against, especially if they came here as freshman. It just seems strange to me that you’ll commit to UConn as a freshman and think you’ll automatically see all this time even though you have upperclassmen and transfers ahead of you. Why not start at a mid major or something can’t more playing time and then transfer for in v. going the other route of basically wasting a year.
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They all think they are going to play, until they don't.
 
3rdbass said:
Too bad he looked like he had a real good skillset and top notch athlete. Hard to get a chance though with all the players we had in front of him including Jayden Ross who Hurley loved for some weird reason.
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Some inexplicable reason
 
Spaceman213J said:
I'm not sure if it is fair to lump Abraham with Diggins & Gaffney. Diggins looked slow and hesitant in his few minutes in a UConn uniform on the floor. Gaffney had moments, but didn't score consistently and wasn't a great defender. The few minutes (yes, mostly in garbage time) Abraham impressed. He played tough defense. He hit a few 3's. Still think he's going to be a quality player in a few years.
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LMAO that you’re negatively comparing a rotation player for a Final Four team, and a guy who was starting on UConn when it started turning the corner right before covid, to a guy who impressed you in a few minutes of garbage time.
 
BPT2Storrs said:
I get transferring out for playing time, but at some point these kids need to understand that only 5 people can be on the floor at any given time. I would assume guys would know what and who they are up against, especially if they came here as freshman. It just seems strange to me that you’ll commit to UConn as a freshman and think you’ll automatically see all this time even though you have upperclassmen and transfers ahead of you. Why not start at a mid major or something can’t more playing time and then transfer for in v. going the other route of basically wasting a year.
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He committed to UConn before McNeeley did and it also wasn't a guarantee that Karaban would be here for a 3rd year, two positions he coud have played that were taken off the table if he couldn't outplay two other soph wings that already had a year in the system. Once Karaban came back in addition to the McNeeley commit it was a given that one of Abraham/Ross/Stewart was gonna get squeezed out, with AK hardly ever leaving the floor and then Dan Hurley giving McNeeley unlimited rope it affected multiple guys competing for minutes at the 3/4 swing spots.
 
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